FOR FUN this week, we’re going to play with the use of common objects as stand-ins for different aspects of our lives (metaphor). Then, extend each metaphor as far as makes sense. Or if you want to be more playful, extend it all the way to silly. First, I want […]
FREEWRITING is one of the most effective and easy forms of journaling. The idea is to write for a specified length of time (usually ten minutes), or to fill a specified number of pages, and not to stop until the timer’s sounded or the pages are full. What you write […]
These journaling prompts invite you to explore your own view of politics, and to take a deeper look at how you got there.
This is part two of my interview with award winning author Susan Wittig Albert about her book An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days. Read Part One HERE. AS: Susan, in what ways has journaling affected your growth as a writer? SWA: I think here, too, about craft. Over the years, […]
Today, I have the honor of interviewing Susan Wittig Albert about her new book, An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days, recently released by the University of Texas Press. A prolific writer, her previous nonfiction books include Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and Place, What Wildness Is This: Women Write […]
Today is Valentine’s Day, and along with just about every other blogger in the known universe, I am focusing on matters of the heart — with a twist. A couple of weeks ago, I came across this youtube video titled “Validation.” I invite you to watch the video before beginning […]
Ever wondered whether journaling by hand was better than journaling on the computer? In November, I challenged readers to participate with me in a journaling experiment that would begin after the new year. Eleven people volunteered. Read the results here …
Our journaling prompts this week are about a kind of fear we all share — the one that can stop us before we even begin learning a new skill or starting a new venture, the one that seethes beneath the surface of every creative act, the one that began in […]
JOURNALING is a way of giving voice to our inner thoughts and feelings; in a very real sense, it’s a monologue for an audience of one. But journal writing can help us develop more than one voice and in more than one form. We can write in the child’s voice, […]
